News Botswana Television: Socioeconomic inequalities in non-communicable disease risk factors in Botswana: a cross-sectional study
The debate on socioeconomic inequalities in health dominates the research and policy agenda of many countries. The prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is on the rise in recent years in Botswana. As a prevention and policy effort, the study provided an empirical evidence on socioeconomic inequalities in NCD risk factors in Botswana. Data used in this study was derived from a cross sectional survey on chronic non communicable diseases in Botswana conducted in 2016. The survey adopted a multistage sampling design and a sample of 1178 participants (males and females) aged 15 years and above was selected in both urban and rural areas of Botswana. The inequality analysis was conducted employing decomposition analysis using ADePT software version 6. Logistic regression models were used to show the association between NCD risk factors and socioeconomic status using SPSS version 25. Concentration indices showed that poor physical activity (CI = 0.0546), alcohol consumption (CI = 0.1859) and overweight/obesity (CI = 0.038) were more concentrated among the non-poor while daily smoking (CI = − 0.0308) and poor fruit/vegetable consumption (CI = − 0.1909) were more concentrated among the poor. Wealth status was observed to be the leading contributor to socioeconomic inequality for daily smoking, poor fruit/vegetable consumption, overweight/obesity and poor physical activity. Education was the leading contributor to socioeconomic inequality for alcohol consumption. Findings in this study indicate the need for concerted differential efforts to address the needs of the poor and non-poor in order to reduce NCD risk factor inequalities.
News Botswana Television: Now!TV launches on MultiChoice Botswana
MultiChoice Botswana has launched a youth-focused channel, called Now! TV on its DStv service. The channel provides entertainment and local films and television content. Now! TV serves as a platform ...
News Botswana Television: In Botswana, elephant hunting divides opinion
The problem is they want to admire the pets when they are assured of their own protection, when they are here for a short while and then admire them from afar via television," he said in an interview. ...
News Botswana Television: Wild Botswana
The wildlife of the African nation's diverse landscape, which includes crystalline salt pans and vast rolling savannahs, and poses unique challenges to the animals that live there ...
News Botswana Television: Botswana: Fifteen Journalists in China for Seminar
Participating journalists are from both government and private media mainly BGCIS, Botswana Television, Radio Botswana, DailyNews, Gazette, Weekend Post, Business Weekly and Review as well as the ...
News Botswana Television: TV tonight: the birth of punk rock, according to Iggy Pop
A two-tonne animal that cannot swim but is dependent on water, the hippo is a paradox superbly illustrated in a profile of its life cycle in the savage climate of the Okavango delta in northern ...
News Botswana Television: Botswana unveils blue diamond to rival Hope Diamond
Botswana has unveiled a blue diamond that the value of could outstrip that of the storied Hope Diamond: the 20.46-carat, close-to-flawless Okavango Blue. (CNN) - Botswana has unveiled a blue diamond ...
News Botswana Television: Botswana unveils largest blue diamond in the country
Botswana has unveiled a blue diamond whose value could outstrip that of the storied Hope Diamond: the 20.46-carat, close-to-flawless Okavango Blue. The diamond was presented in Gaborone, Botswana ...
News Botswana Television: The TV shows you need to watch this week: From Famalam to Game of Thrones
In this week’s edition, the first of four, we’re also promised the spectacles afforded by the migration of elephants across the Okavango Delta in Botswana, penguin colonies in Antarctica, and Chinese ...
News Botswana Television: Bridgette Radebe hits back at claims of meddling and money laundering, but questions remain
Recent reports in Botswana’s Sunday Standard have connected a number ... including targeting South Africa’s mainstream newspapers and television stations to write favourable stories. Radebe mentioned ...
News Botswana Television: Rare 20-carat blue diamond just unveiled and it is higher in clarity than the Hope Diamond
Botswana unveiled a super rare "Fancy Deep Blue" diamond weighing ... test-fired a "new-type tactical guided weapon," its state media announced Thursday Local television showed bodies scattered over ...
News Botswana Television: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s royal baby is likely to be gifted Queen’s brooch featuring 11 diamonds – does this hint it’s a girl?
Diamond expert Grant Mobley says the Botswana Flower brooch is the front-runner But most ... The Duchess of Sussex bought a £4,800 Cartier Tank Française after learning Suits - the television ...
